September 19 2007 | Sculpting the main character

I say the main guy on the site -that's it there will only be one.
For some next project of mine, I will have to really outstretched my sculpting talents, so this time, though I could probably have convert an existing figure, I preferred to sculpt it almost entirely for training.
Problem is, I am a diorama maker, which means not particularly good at sculpting stuff.
Anyway, here we go, first: bits of paper clips and a Magic Sculp lump  for the body -let dry for the night

September 19 2007 | Sculpting the main character day 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

I am awfully slow at sculpting stuff, what you see is the result of a short fortnight with not a lot of work involved.
the torso and the trousers/boots are done: i have been using some Dragon end of boots because I didn't want top get bored to sculpt those by myself.
The guy is dressed as a Red Hungarian Hussar circa 1920. There are some funny stories about those guys getting caught in the Russian revolution.
I still have the head, the arms, the top of the torso to do. he is kind of very skinny, I took myself as a model for that one :)

September 20 2007 | Sculpting the main character day 7

So yesterday evening I sculpted the top of the body as well as the arms -I finally attached to the whole some Nemrod hands.
I still have the face and the details on the trousers..

September 21 2007 | Sculpting the main character day 8

Day 8 already, how time flies :) I fell in no mood yesterday evening to start the face, so i did the small details that were left to add on the trousers. Quite fun to do out of green stuff, no shaking hands are required. i had to do the small bits on the trousers a few time so that the size match.
So tonight the face, maybe.

September 23 2007 | Sculpting me day 8 & 9

that's no Hornet of course but that's close enough :)

September 23 2007 | Sculpting me day 8&9

yeah, close enough :)
Sorry for this, but all my dioramas are my own story, I really love the real History, but it has mostly nothing to do with my dioramas; first i have the idea and then i try to hook it up to some particular time of history so that it winds up the people looking at my dioramas :)
So basically, that's me as a 1920 Hungarian Red Hussar.

September 27 2007 | The finished figure

At least finished, and about time too. i may only work back the wrists which look unrealistic. I have been working again the undersize of the legs since last time. but the new thing here is...

September 27 2007 | The shirt

The shirt the guy is holding is being made of cigarette paper -I will try to take a fe pictures to show how i am doing during this week-end